Inspired by the incredible true story that united the world, the rescue adventure Big Miracle tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and an animal-loving volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
Local newsman Adam Carlson (Krasinski) can’t wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer (Barrymore). Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, she’s also his ex-girlfriend. With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the world’s attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War.
Release Date: June 19, 2012
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Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston star in Wanderlust, a raucous comedy from director David Wain (Role Models) and producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) about a couple who leaves the pressures of the big city and joins a freewheeling community where the only rule is to be yourself.
George (Rudd) and Linda (Aniston) are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George’s awful brother in Atlanta.
On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. Money? It can’t buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them.
Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves?
Release Date: June 19, 2012
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JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME is the story of one man’s hilarious search for the meaning of life. As slacker Jeff stumbles towards enlightenment, he uncovers answers to his nagging family’s problems. Jeff has no idea where he’s going but when he finally gets there, he might just find out what it’s all about. Judy Greer (The Descendants) and Rae Dawn Chong (“St. Elsewhere”) also star in this delightfully entertaining film that is “funny, tender and ultimately moving” (Mark Adams, ScreenDaily.com) and is filled with “moments of comedy gold” (Lou Lumenick, New York Post).
Release Date: June 19, 2012
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Hilarious, gritty and fully loaded with intense action, Cat Run stars Paz Vega (Spanglish) as a high-end call girl on the run for her life. With key evidence to the scandalous government cover-up of a shockingly horrific crime, she must rely on two bumbling private detectives (Scott Mechlowicz, Alphonso McAuley) to be her unlikely protectors from a deadly combination of the Mob, a corrupt U.S. senator and a ruthlessly sadistic female assassin (Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds) – all of whom will stop at nothing to hide the truth. This stylish, sexy, fast-moving action thrill ride is directed by John Stockwell (Crazy/Beautiful).
Release Date: June 19, 2012
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Filmed over twenty years by acclaimed documentarian Jennifer Fox (Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, An American Love Story), MY REINCARNATION features never-before-seen archival film footage from over twenty years of shooting, photographs and intimate cinéma vérité scenes, including unprecedented access to Rinpoche and his family. After meeting Rinpoche in 1985, Fox traveled with him as his secretary starting in 1989. For years, she captured his most intimate moments on camera: from his relationships with his family to his interactions with followers, Buddhist masters and icons, including H. H. The Dalai Lama. By filming Rinpoche and his son over a 20-year period, Fox expertly distills a decades-long drama into a universal story about love, transformation, and destiny..
Release Date: June 19, 2012
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MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE
In a small French town, Germain, a nearly illiterate man in his 50s and considered to be the village idiot by his friends at the local bistro, takes a walk to the park one day and happens to sit beside Margueritte, a little old lady who is reading excerpts from her novel aloud. She’s articulate, highly intelligent and frail. Between Germain and Margueritte, there are 40 years and 200 pounds difference. Afternoons spent reading aloud on their favorite bench transform their lives and start them both on a new journey – to literacy and respect for Germain, and to the deepest friendship for Margueritte..
French cinema legend Gérard Depardieu (The Last Metro, Cyrano de Bergerac) and 97-year-old actress Gisèle Casadesus (Sarah’s Key) star in MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE, an intimate story of life’s random encounters, directed by Jean Becker (One Deadly Summer). Germain (Depardieu) is lured by Margueritte’s (Casadesus) passion for life and the magic of literature from which he has always felt excluded. As Margueritte broadens his mind via reading excerpts from her novel, Germain realizes that he is more of an intellectual than he has ever allowed himself to be..
Release Date: June 19, 2012
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